well-endowed with resources
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4.6
- idiom
- The university is well-endowed with resources, which allows it to support a wide range of student programs.
Examples
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Several museums in the city are well-endowed with resources thanks to generous donations.
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The university is well-endowed with resources for research.
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A company well-endowed with resources can invest heavily in research and development.
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Many well-endowed with resources institutions can offer scholarships.
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A company well-endowed with resources can invest heavily in research and development.
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The university is well-endowed with resources, which allows it to support a wide range of student programs.
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Several museums in the city are well-endowed with resources thanks to generous donations.
Synonyms
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1.0
Full of something useful, like minerals
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2.4
Having more than enough goods ready to use
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3.7
Has enough of the things you need
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3.3
Containing a lot of something, like emotion or taste
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4.9
Having a natural ability or a gift given by people
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6.6
Filled with many things, for example ideas or objects
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4.5
A room or house that has good furniture and useful, attractive features
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6.8
Having a large amount of something useful, like money or books
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6.8
Has all the tools and supplies needed
Antonyms
How Endowed
Surface Forms
Morphology
well-endowed + with + resource
The meaning is directly and predictably derived from the constituents: 'well-endowed' (having plentiful funds or qualities) + 'with' + 'resources' yields 'richly supplied with resources.' A B1 learner who knows the component words can infer this meaning easily, and the construction parallels common cross-linguistic patterns (e.g. 'well-funded'), so it is immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
The phrase well-endowed with resources comes from the idea of an endowment, a large gift that gives a school or museum money or other support. So if an organization is well-endowed, it literally has a big fund to use, and that is why the phrase means 'richly supplied with resources'.